diff --git a/management/server/scheduler.go b/management/server/scheduler.go
index a35bdc30c..356348056 100644
--- a/management/server/scheduler.go
+++ b/management/server/scheduler.go
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 package server
 
 import (
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
+
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 // Scheduler is an interface which implementations can schedule and cancel jobs
@@ -55,14 +56,8 @@ func (wm *DefaultScheduler) cancel(ID string) bool {
 	cancel, ok := wm.jobs[ID]
 	if ok {
 		delete(wm.jobs, ID)
-		select {
-		case cancel <- struct{}{}:
-			log.Debugf("cancelled scheduled job %s", ID)
-		default:
-			log.Warnf("couldn't cancel job %s because there was no routine listening on the cancel event", ID)
-			return false
-		}
-
+		close(cancel)
+		log.Debugf("cancelled scheduled job %s", ID)
 	}
 	return ok
 }
@@ -90,25 +85,41 @@ func (wm *DefaultScheduler) Schedule(in time.Duration, ID string, job func() (ne
 		return
 	}
 
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(in)
+
 	wm.jobs[ID] = cancel
 	log.Debugf("scheduled a job %s to run in %s. There are %d total jobs scheduled.", ID, in.String(), len(wm.jobs))
 	go func() {
-		select {
-		case <-time.After(in):
-			log.Debugf("time to do a scheduled job %s", ID)
-			runIn, reschedule := job()
-			wm.mu.Lock()
-			defer wm.mu.Unlock()
-			delete(wm.jobs, ID)
-			if reschedule {
-				go wm.Schedule(runIn, ID, job)
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-ticker.C:
+				select {
+				case <-cancel:
+					log.Debugf("scheduled job %s was canceled, stop timer", ID)
+					ticker.Stop()
+					return
+				default:
+					log.Debugf("time to do a scheduled job %s", ID)
+				}
+				runIn, reschedule := job()
+				if !reschedule {
+					wm.mu.Lock()
+					defer wm.mu.Unlock()
+					delete(wm.jobs, ID)
+					log.Debugf("job %s is not scheduled to run again", ID)
+					ticker.Stop()
+					return
+				}
+				// we need this comparison to avoid resetting the ticker with the same duration and missing the current elapsesed time
+				if runIn != in {
+					ticker.Reset(runIn)
+				}
+			case <-cancel:
+				log.Debugf("job %s was canceled, stopping timer", ID)
+				ticker.Stop()
+				return
 			}
-		case <-cancel:
-			log.Debugf("stopped scheduled job %s ", ID)
-			wm.mu.Lock()
-			defer wm.mu.Unlock()
-			delete(wm.jobs, ID)
-			return
 		}
+
 	}()
 }
diff --git a/management/server/scheduler_test.go b/management/server/scheduler_test.go
index 0c0cef99b..4b2c2e30d 100644
--- a/management/server/scheduler_test.go
+++ b/management/server/scheduler_test.go
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ package server
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"math/rand"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 func TestScheduler_Performance(t *testing.T) {
@@ -36,15 +37,24 @@ func TestScheduler_Cancel(t *testing.T) {
 	jobID1 := "test-scheduler-job-1"
 	jobID2 := "test-scheduler-job-2"
 	scheduler := NewDefaultScheduler()
-	scheduler.Schedule(2*time.Second, jobID1, func() (nextRunIn time.Duration, reschedule bool) {
-		return 0, false
+	tChan := make(chan struct{})
+	p := []string{jobID1, jobID2}
+	scheduler.Schedule(2*time.Millisecond, jobID1, func() (nextRunIn time.Duration, reschedule bool) {
+		tt := p[0]
+		<-tChan
+		t.Logf("job %s", tt)
+		return 2 * time.Millisecond, true
 	})
-	scheduler.Schedule(2*time.Second, jobID2, func() (nextRunIn time.Duration, reschedule bool) {
-		return 0, false
+	scheduler.Schedule(2*time.Millisecond, jobID2, func() (nextRunIn time.Duration, reschedule bool) {
+		return 2 * time.Millisecond, true
 	})
 
+	time.Sleep(4 * time.Millisecond)
 	assert.Len(t, scheduler.jobs, 2)
 	scheduler.Cancel([]string{jobID1})
+	close(tChan)
+	p = []string{}
+	time.Sleep(4 * time.Millisecond)
 	assert.Len(t, scheduler.jobs, 1)
 	assert.NotNil(t, scheduler.jobs[jobID2])
 }